Legal Opinion
Cagle v. Hutto
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 28, 1999No. 98-6912PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkins wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Wilkinson and Judge Hamilton joined.
OPINION
WILKINS, Circuit Judge:
A class of present and future inmates of the Powhatan Correctional Center in Virginia (“the Inmates”) appeals an order of the district court terminating a consent decree pursuant to a provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) of 1995. See 18 U.S.C.A. § 3626(b)(2) (West Supp. 1999). The Inmates raise various constitutional challenges to § 3626(b)(2). Additionally, they maintain that termination of the consent decree was improper under…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Robinson v. Shell Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
- United States v. Jonathan E. Smith, A/K/A John SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- James Benjamin v. Michael Jacobson, Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Plyler v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- Antoinette Y. Etheridge v. Norfolk & Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Robert O. Gilmore, Jr., and Inmates of San Quentin State Prison, United States of America, Intervenor v. People of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Everett Hadix, Plaintiffs-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. Perry M. Johnson,defendants-Appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
- Cagle v. HuttoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Harvey v. SchoenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Ginest v. Board of County CommissionersDistrict Court, D. Wyoming · 2003
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